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Plasma Big Screen Working Out Quite Well With Plasma 6.7 Beta

([KDE] 4 Hours Ago KDE Plasma Big Screen)


With today's [1]KDE Plasma 6.7 beta release there has been a surprising amount of interest in the new revival of Plasma Big Screen as the TV-sized UI for Plasma. I've been trying it out today and it has worked out rather well, a very smooth experience, and in good shape for making its debut in next month's Plasma 6.7 release.

Plasma Big Screen is the large UI format for the Plasma desktop with a convenient experience for those using it as a living room PC. And it's just in time for the upcoming Steam Machine from Valve.

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Applications launch full-screen mode and it's a very straight-forward workflow.

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The Plasma Big Screen UI itself was very fluid and no performance issues or rendering problems when testing on an AMD Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" system.

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The KDE settings and other elements adapt well for the big screen UI.

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For my testing I was using a KDE Neon Unstable Edition build. At first upon installing the current media the desktop was just crashing at start when hitting the Welcome Center. Once switching to a VT and upgrading all packages and rebooting, it was a seamless experience after that initial trouble.

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It was very easy using the KDE Plasma Big Screen without any prior usage.

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Overall I was satisfied with the initial experience of using the Big Screen interface on Plasma 6.7 Beta.

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Those wanting to try the KDE Neon unstable ISOs can find them at [9]Plasma-BigScreen.org .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.7-Beta-Released

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=big_screen_1_lrg

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=big_screen_2_lrg

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=big_screen_3_lrg

[5] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=big_screen_4_lrg

[6] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=big_screen_5_lrg

[7] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=big_screen_6_lrg

[8] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=big_screen_7_lrg

[9] https://plasma-bigscreen.org/get/



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